Note: I do not own anything involving Buffy the Vampire Slayer (except for this which I myself wrote). I do not own the characters, though I wish I owned Xander. Please, if you are going to put this anywhere but here, ask first. This takes place in a world where Angel never lost his soul

Special notes: Thank you to Drogean, for giving me a name. Thank you to J for giving me another name. Read the story and you might understand why I said thank you. (And no Drogean I am not going to kill Xander)
And I am doing this because I like to keep my parts to 4.

A Chance to Help
Part 5
By Kiara

Willow had been taken. That alone speed up the research to discover what they were behind. Xander nearly collapsed when they went to the library but he slowly recovered his strength as he helped do the book research. For quite some time the only sounds heard were the turning of pages and the slamming of a book shut.

"Oh dear!" Giles said, after reading a passage over and over again.

Buffy looked up from her book. "What is it?"

Giles cleared his throught. "Well, it seems we are dealing with a demon species called J. I also believe that this particular demon calls himself Drogean. The symbol is his way of marking his..umm...work."

Buffy raised an eyebrow. "OK, so we know who and what, now how do we kill him?"

Giles read for a few minutes before he looked up. "It doesn't say. For some odd reason most of the J demons have died off on thier own. Out of the few that didn't, Drogean is the most brutal, strongest, and oldest. I'm afraid you are in a tight spot. He apparently as decided to show his powers to you."

Angel had chosen that time to walk in. "What have you guys found out?"

Giles and Buffy proceeded to tell Angel what they had found out and about Willow.

Xander had kept silent during the entire conversation. He had been feeling a strange sensation. FOr some odd reason he was yet again feeling week.

After standing up and swaying he definatly knew something was up. "Giles, I don't..." he said, right before he collapsed from weakness.

Giles frowned. That was the second time Xander felt weak. "I think we need to hurry."

Buffy and Angel looked at Giles after they had put Xander in a comfortable postion.

"GIles, what's going on?" Buffy asked, knowing this had nothing to do with the information he had given her.

"I think Drogean has already gotten to Xander." Giles said, giving her a straight answer.

Angel looked at Giles. "You think this is why he collapsed? Why he had the experience he had earlier?"

Giles nodded. "This is the second time that he has become weak. The first was in my appartment. He tried to sit up and couldn't. I think Drogean knows that Xander may pose a threat to him."

"Are you sure Xander even posed a threat to him?" Buffy asked.

Angel responded instead of Giles. "It would make sense then why Drogean had threatened Xander in the cemetary. If Xander didn't pose some threat, he would have never even talked to him. I got a hold of some of my contacts and they said he doesn't tend to even bother warning the weak people."

Buffy looked at Xander, who was just waking up. Angel looked at Buffy, seeing how she looked at Xander he couldn't help but feel jelous.
However his feeling was squashed by what happened next.

Xander was speaking. "Hey, thanks. You are a very good friend you know to keep me on the floor."

Buffy turned red. "Opps."

Xander smiled. "Yeah, opps. Listen, if you don't mind I'm going to go back to the place. That way if I collapse again, I'll have someplace to collapse on."

After getting everyones approval he left and reappeared in his 'room'. The act had taken even more energy, and he just laid on the floor for a while.

"What's happening to me?" He said, wondering if the voice would answer him.

It did, only it was a new voice. One who was feminine, nice, and friendly. "Your energy is being drained by a J demon. I would suggest you use the meditation technique # 3 to regain your energy."

Xander stared at the wall since it was hard to stare at a voice that can't be seen. "Who are you? What's are you talking about? Meditation technique # 3?"

The voice answered again in a calm soothing voice. "In your understanding I am like a computer on your Star Trek shows. I also am to be a companion to help you and to keep you comfortable. You may call me Naia."

"Ok then Naia, explain the Meditation technique # 3."

Naia went into great detail about meditation technique # 3 and even taught Xander how to do it. It wasn't long before Xander was deep into meditation, regaining his energy.

Part 6

After regaining his strength, Xander told Naia he was going back.

"Are you sure that is safe Alexander?" Naia asked.

"It's Xander and even if it's not safe I've got to help my friends." Xander said just before he left.

Meanwhile, Buffy and the rest of the gang were doing research to see if there was some way to not only kill Drogean but to relenguish it's energy drain on Xander. They all stopped when Xander came into the room on foot. He had appeared in the hallway, not wanting to scare anyone in the library.

"What's up?" Xander said, putting on his usual carefree attitude.

"Nothing. We aren't finding anything to help us." Buffy said, yet again slamming a book shut. "I can't believe there is nothing about how to kill this thing and get Willow back."

Xander smiled. "Hey, there's something else in my 'room'. I got this voice who's like a computer and her name is Naia. And she knows everything...even how to get my energy back."

Giles frowned. "Xander, do you think this Naia person...um...would know anything about destroying this Drogean person."

Xander frowned as well. "I never thought of that....I don't know but it's worth a shot. Want to come with me?"

Buffy smiled. Angel looked up.

"Are you offering us a chance to see this room of yours?" He asked.

Without waiting for a response, everyone except Xander was hit by a wave of dizzyness. They then found themselves in a dark room.

"Umm, where are we?" Buffy asked, trying to see if she recognized any surroundings.

"You are in Alexander's place. How may I help you?" Naia said.

Giles began to stutter before anybody could make out that he was asking a question.

Buffy interupted. "He means, could you please explain how we got here?"

"Alexander brought you here." Naia answered back.

"Well, where is Alexander?" Buffy said, sounding rather upset.

"Alexander is thanking the council for granting him permission to bring you here and use me to help." Naia said, in a typical non-emotional voice.

"Oh, well then what do you know of Drogean?" Giles asked, recovering from his moment of stuttering.

"Drogean is a 325 year J demon with a tendency to torment beings lesser then him. He has killed several thousand of people, three members of the lower council, 2 members of the higher council, 4 guardians and 1 slayer. He drains energy to become stronger. If the person he is draining energy off of is a member of something other then human like a guardain the energy drain takes longer. He has used 15 guardians for energy. 11 barely survived and 4 died. Drogean enjoys playing games with his victims. He will kill others while going after one victim but he will ensure that his intended victim will find them in postions humans have deemed gross and disgusting."

Buffy wrinkled her nose. "Well he obviously has chosen one of us as his victim."

Angel nodded. "It's probably you. Why else would he make sure you find the bodies and kidnap Willow."

Buffy had no time to respond before Xander appeared in front of her.

"Sorry about that, but I felt it was necissary to move quickly." Xander told Buffy apologetically.

"What do you mean move quickly?" Buffy said, getting even more upset.

"He was coming and we aren't ready to face him!" Xander said, getting upset as well. He had yet again been drained of energy and had barely the energy to explain to Buffy anything.

"Alexander, your energy level are getting dangeroulsy low. Please commence meditation protical # 3." Naia said, after doing a brief scan of Xander.

"There's no time!" Xander exclaimed, even though he knew Naia was telling the truth and that if he didn't he would be dead without any hope of being brought back.

Part 7

"Xander? What's going on?" asked Angel worriedly. He knew that it must have been important for Xander to act as he was.

"Drogean stepped up his plans. I know where Willow is. We need to go now if we want to see her alive." Xander managed to get out before swaying.

"Xander, you're not well." Oz said in his usual tone.

"No, I feel better. Let's go!" Xander said, lieing.

"Wait, we can't go until we know what and how to kill this guy!" Giles said, having been silent for quite some time. He didn't want anybody to get killed or hurt rushing into a situation like they usually do.

Before Xander could answer, Naia spoke. "Drogean is in Sunnydale in a church in the southern part of the city. Drogean may be killed in several ways, by burning, decapitation, and a depletion of energy. Please prepare yourself for transport."

"Wait!" Buffy, Angel, Oz, and Giles screamed together. They were too late. They had been placed in the library. Xander had appeared moments later, collapsing on a chair. The transporting himself had taken too much energy.

The rest had noticed Xander's behavior but one look from him told them not to even bring it up. So they prepared for the upcoming battle. They grabbed weapons and made plans. As soon as they were satisfied they took off.

They took off towards the church Naia had said Drogean was. Xander was a little behind, trying to save what little energy he had left. He needed it for the battle and he didn't think he could just abandon his friends when they needed him the most.

When they got there, they all stopped and grabbed a hug. They needed all the luck they could get.

Part 8

Unknown to them, Drogean had gotten a hold on another of their enemies, the dreaded Principle Snyder. Drogean had enjoyed his company. He had been told so many stories of how awful this slayer character and her friends were. He also enjoyed the energy he was getting off of him.

However he grew tired of this mans antics on staying alive. Plus the energy from him was delpleting. He decapitated the man and realized his energy source to the guardian was even stronger. This guardian must be close by, hopeing like many of the other guardians in his situation to not only end his hold on him but to save the others.

Willow was chained to the wall, slightly weak but otherwise in perfect health. She was praying that Buffy would come any minute and rescue her. She had just witnessed Snyder's death and was hoping she wasn't next.

"Don't worry little girl, you won't die until all your friends are chained right next to you. Then they will die one by one in front of that pathetic Guardian. Hopefully your spirits will still be around to witness his death, that is if he doesn't die from my energy drain." With that Drogean took off laughing, making sure the group outside could hear.

Meanwhile, everyone had just prepared themselves for what was inside. They heard the laughing, as well as the screaming from some man that sounded oddly familiar.

Xander was still weak, but he knew there was no time to turn back now. "Everyone ready?" he asked.

Without answering the question, they walked into the abandoned church with determination eatched onto their faces. When they stepped into the church, they couldn't help but stop at the sight of so much blood. Even Angel had never seen so much blood.

"Welcome to my parlor Slayer, Guardain, mortals, and even a vampire. My, the Guardian seems a little weak today, I wonder if I could fix that." Drogean said, concealed in darkness. With that, he stepped up the energy drain.

To Xander, it felt like something slammed right into him and knocked him off his feet. Even though he was still standing, it hurt and he began to feel very dissorientated and confused. His ability to breath was slowed emmensly. He knew Drogean was killing him.

"Let him go!" Buffy said, aiming a crossbow at Drogean.

That was enough to distract Drogean from Xander. Angel and the rest could hear Xander start to breath heavily, trying to get enough oxygen into his lungs.

"You ok?" Angel asked Xander, who in fact didn't look so good.

Xander was weak, pale, and extremly disorientated. It was by pure luck that he was able to stand.
He managed to unchain Willow before Drogean could tell and he was not in the mood to deal with silly questions. "Start fighting, less talk!" Xander managed to gasp out.

But in truth, he never really needed to say that. The battle had started without him. Oz had launched several arrows with no sucess. As had Giles. Angel and Buffy had resorted to fighting by hand. Each move, Drogean managed to get away from.

"It's not working!" Buffy said, wondering what was going to happen next.

Xander was trying to think of what to do when something popped in his brain. "Fire!" He whispered, trying really hard not to collapse before he had a chance to put his plan into action.

"Buffy, Angel, try to keep him in one place." He said, hoping to god that they had heard him.

He groaned and started to concentrate. Using his last bits of energy he managed to create a big ball of fire. He saw an opening and sent it straight towards Drogean.

Drogean turned just in time to see fire come straight at him. He screamed and that was the last that they heard out of him.

The next thing they knew, all they saw was a pile of dust. Angel, Willow, Buffy, Oz, and Giles all turned and congratulated themselves. Willow told them that Snyder was dead. Giles told them of their search for her. Oz hugged her and Angel just stood there.

"Wait a minute. Where's Xander?" Willow asked, realizing that one of her friends was missing.

Willow's question brought back the worry. They turned around to find Xander laying motionless on the floor. They ran to where Xander laid. Giles knelt next to Xander and felt for a pulse.

"Is he dead?" Willow asked, worried that she may never see Xander again.

"No, but he's barely holding on as it is." Giles said.

Just then, a bright light surrounded Xander and when it disappeared along with Xander.

"Do not worry he is safe. We are taking him to a place for him to recover safely." came a voice.

They accepted that answer, but still prayed that Xander came back. As they walked out they could swear they heard some laughing but brushed it aside.

Part 9

Three weeks later, no one couldn't tell the difference between the gang. The school got a new principle, who in some ways was worse then Snyder. Xander had come back and even though he was still a little weak, he was always willing to help. He and Angel got along better, though everyone else could still see some tension between the two. The gang continued to fight the evils of Sunnydale, but this time with a Slayer, Guardian, vampire, witch, werewolf, and a watcher. And what a team they made.